Loud Like Love

Loud Like Love is the seventh album by British music band Placebo. The album was released on September 13, 2013, by Universal.

Recordings and production

During their Battle for the Sun tour Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal gave independently announced that the band was working on a new studio album. In November placebo announced officially on their website that they will return to the studio for album recordings.

The sessions took place in the RAK Studios held in London, where the band had already recorded their fifth studio album Meds. For the production and mixing, Adam Noble was responsible.

Topics

The album revolves around the overall theme of love, on the one hand to romance and happiness, and on the other hand, also heartache. The first single Too Many Friends takes a critical view of the role of the internet and specifically with the social networks.

Title list

Reception

Critical reception

The album was recorded mixed. The site Metacritic calculated from 13 English reviews a Metascore of 53 points. Bad came on especially the first single Too Many Friends, while the title track was mostly praised.

"Placebo are among the bands whose repertoire consists of two different songs, one fast and one slow. This received over the years, although a new more modern garb, the musical building block remains the same. [ ... ] The first single " Too Many Friends" was the worst thing for the seventh album " Loud Like Love " guess. Ungelenk Placebo devote the topic of online communication and social networks. Here, the now 40 -year-old Molko sounds like an old man who speaks with stilted words and high foreign Cham factor about things he does not understand. [ ... ] Remain placebo placebo placebo stay. The result is a music in pop style and catchy album, free from the corners and edges of the past. Nothing more, nothing less. "

" " Too Many Friends ", the settlement with social networks like Facebook, lyrically reminiscent of the worst of spoonerisms Sportfreunde Stiller [ ... ] and is also musically more of a damp squib. [ ... ] " Loud Like Love " also has its immensely strong moments like the hypnotic grooving title track, the typical placebo - Rumpler "Scene Of The Crime " and " Purify " and especially the melancholy epics "Begin The End" or " Bosco " where Molkos mature, but still fragile sounding voice alone is worth the money. "

Commercial success

The chart success was somewhat moderate than their last studio albums. The maximum placement at position 13 in their home country the UK is the lowest of all placebo - albums. In Germany, Austria and France, where Battle for the Sun could still reach the maximum placement, it missed the top chart. Only in the Swiss charts, the album debuted at No. 1. In the U.S., it could be placed as the second album after their Battle for the Sun in the top 100.